-The New Indian Express As per TRIFED, 37,904 Van DhanVikasKendras, subsumed into 2275 Van DhanVikas Kendra Clusters of 300 forest dwellers each, have been sanctioned by TRIFED till date. NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has collaborated with NITI Aayog to implement the Van Dhan Yojana in districts identified as aspirational. As a follow-up of the implementation of the Yojana in the tribal aspirational districts, a TRIFED team briefed about the...
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Politics Behind The Creation Of Ministry Of Cooperation With Amit Shah In Driver’s Seat -Syed Khalique Ahmed
-IndiaTomorrow.net NEW DELHI: Many people were surprised when Union Home Minister Amit Shah was given the additional charge of the newly created Ministry of Cooperation. The Cooperation Ministry was earlier a part of the Ministry of Agriculture. But it was no amazement for those acquainted with how the cooperative movement plays a role in politics – state as well as national politics – and how BJP used the cooperatives from the state...
More »Why Exactly Did India Need a Brand New Ministry for Cooperatives, With Amit Shah As Head? -M Rajshekhar
-TheWire.in Cooperatives are useful for political parties in two ways – they are a font of funds as well as handy for dispensing patronage. A day before the reshuffle, Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance government created a new Ministry of Cooperation. It would provide, said its statement, a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in India. A day later, it announced Union home minister Amit Shah would also head...
More »What procurement data tells us about India’s farm law opposition -Arjun Srinivas & howindialives.com
-Livemint.com Amid a bumper wheat crop, India’s farmers sold more wheat to the government than ever before. Government procurement has only grown in recent years, making farmers wary of any attempt to dial back the role of the state in the farm sector This rabi marketing season has seen the highest procurement of wheat by government agencies in history. At 43 million tonnes, this is 33% higher than the average for the...
More »Organic production and consumption is on the rise in Rajasthan, finds CUTS International project report
-Press release by CUTS International dated 5th July, 2021 In a study done by CUTS International under its 4-years old project -- ProOrganic, almost 97.4 percent of consumers were found to be aware of the fact that chemical input-based food products are harmful for health compared to 86 percent of the same set of consumers way back in 2017. Similarly, the percentage of farmers doing organic farming has gone up to...
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